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【昨日回顾】

As the international education market expands, the recent slowdown in the number of international students studying in the main English-speaking countries is likely to continue, especially if there are no effective strategic policies to prevent such slippage.

随着国际教育市场的扩张，近来在主要英语国家学习的留学生人数有所下降，且这一趋势可能持续下降下去，尤其是如果没有更好的战略性政策去阻止这一趋势的话。

【今日长难句】

The anticipation of possible shifts in demand provided by this study is significant: It gives a basis to all organizations which seek to promote the learning and a use of English, a basis for planning to meet possibilities of what could be a very different operating environment.

【结构解析】

1. 冒号之前的句子主干为主系表结构，即：The anticipation of possible shifts in demand/ is /significant; provided by this study 为主语的后置定语。

2. 冒号之后的句子主干为主谓宾宾补结构，即：It /gives/ a basis/ to all organizations; which seek to promote the learning and a use of English引导定语从句修饰all organizations。

3. a basis for planning to meet possibilities of what could be a very different operating environment 为 a basis to all organizations的同位语。

【词的处理】

anticipation / ænˌtisiˈpeiʃn / n. 预测，预见

shift  / ʃift / n. 变换，改变

in demand 需要的

significant / siɡˈnifikənt / adj. 有重要意义的

seek to 寻求，试图

promote  / prəˈməut/ 促进

possibilities / ˌpɔsəˈbiləti/ n.可能性

operating / ˌpɔsəˈbilətiŋ/ adj. 运作的，操作的

【参考译文】

The anticipation of possible shifts in demand provided by this study is significant: It gives a basis to all organizations which seek to promote the learning and a use of English, a basis for planning to meet possibilities of what could be a very different operating environment.

本研究对可能的需求转变的预测具有重大意义：这给所有寻求推广英语学习和使用的机构提供了基础，该基础使它们能在不同的运营环境下应对可能出现的状况。

【明日长难句】

While there are almost as many definitions of history as there are historians, modern practice most closely conforms to one that sees history as the attempt to recreate and explain the significant events of the past.